Miss Awful Vocabulary

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Miss AwfulVocabulary
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CrisisNoun

• Definition A dramatic emotional point in a
  persons life.

Spanish crisis
Sentence (page 369) She has to take care of a
crisis, Roger explained.
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RambunctiousAdjective

• Definition noisy unruly

Spanish alborotado
Sentence (Page 370) A lively, outgoing
youngster, as noisy and rambunctious as any eight
year old, he had another side to him, tender and
soft, which worried about people.
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WhimsicalAdjective

• Definition silly playful

Spanish caprichoso
Sentence (Page 372) He had met Rogers teacher
on occasion she had struck him as capable but
excessively whimsical.
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PuncturedVerb

• Definition pierced deflated

Spanish pinchar
Sentence (Page 374) There was total silence,
punctured by a deranged giggle, quickly
suppressed.
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ProdigyNoun

• Definition child genius

Spanish prodigo
Sentence (Page 377) You know, of course, that
Roger is a prodigy, said Miss Orville.
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InfiltratedVerb

• Definition gradually entered or sneaked into

Spanish infilitracion
Sentence (Page 379) Even before lunch recess, a
certain spirit of challenge and defiance had
infiltrated into the room.
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CatastropheNoun

• Definition a sudden, terrible accident

Spanish catastrofe
Sentence (Page 372) Let the blind man who sold
pencils outside the five-and-ten on Broadway be
absent from his post, and Roger worried that
catastrophe had overtaken him.
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SquanderVerb

• Definition waste

Spanish desperdiciar
Sentence (Page 380) You cannot permit
yourselves to squander a moment of it.
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MortifiedAdjective

• Definition ashamed and hurt

Spanish humillar
Sentence (Page 378) As she reported to her
husband that evening, she had never in her life
been as mortified.
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Anxious Adjective

• Definition worried about an uncertainty

Spanish preocupado
Sentence (Page 372) Rogers anxious queries had
not ceased until he was discharged.